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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pablo Guillen, Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney Walking and cycling are in the spotlight given the need to keep fit, get about and keep a social distance from others during the pandemic. We have pop-up cycleways, enlarged footpaths and even whole streets closed to ... <a title="What Australia can learn from bicycle-friendly cities overseas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/what-australia-can-learn-from-bicycle-friendly-cities-overseas-144283/" aria-label="Read more about What Australia can learn from bicycle-friendly cities overseas">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Boe Pahari’s short reign as boss of AMP’s lucrative investment management division and the resignations this week of AMP chairman David Murray and board member John Fraser have shown the power of major shareholders in public companies. There was, you may ... <a title="Vital Signs: No, we won’t change the corporate world with divestment and boycotts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/vital-signs-no-we-wont-change-the-corporate-world-with-divestment-and-boycotts-145021/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: No, we won’t change the corporate world with divestment and boycotts">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lyn McCredden, Personal Chair, Literary Studies, Deakin University Nick Cave is a tough knot of wonders to his fans, and seemingly so to himself. At the close of a recent The Red Hand Files letter, Cave describes the angelic, feisty, Nina Simone singing My Sweet Lord/Today is ... <a title="Friday essay: transcendent rage — Nick Cave and the Red Hand Files" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/friday-essay-transcendent-rage-nick-cave-and-the-red-hand-files-144735/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: transcendent rage — Nick Cave and the Red Hand Files">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison and Dan Andrews don’t have a lot in common – but they are both as bold as brass when it comes to grabbing for power. As we saw this week. Morrison announced a plan to obtain the right ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Government’s plan for a veto over university agreements is a step too far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/28/grattan-on-friday-governments-plan-for-a-veto-over-university-agreements-is-a-step-too-far-145200/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Government’s plan for a veto over university agreements is a step too far">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Collin, Associate Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University The World Health Organisation recently warned that people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, who may be unaware they’re infected, are driving the spread of COVID-19. Australian data confirms coronavirus is very common in younger ... <a title="COVID-19 cases are highest in young adults. We need to partner with them for the health of the whole community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/covid-19-cases-are-highest-in-young-adults-we-need-to-partner-with-them-for-the-health-of-the-whole-community-144932/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 cases are highest in young adults. We need to partner with them for the health of the whole community">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Health Policy Lead and Professor in Global Public Health at the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University This week, we heard how conditions at a Sydney quarantine hotel were so bad almost 400 returned travellers had to be moved to another one. Before that, we heard ... <a title="Another day, another hotel quarantine fail. So what can Australia learn from other countries?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/another-day-another-hotel-quarantine-fail-so-what-can-australia-learn-from-other-countries-144804/" aria-label="Read more about Another day, another hotel quarantine fail. So what can Australia learn from other countries?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan McConnell, Research Fellow at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne A new official report shows blackouts in eastern Australia’s grid this summer are unlikely. While that’s welcome news, it casts doubt on the wisdom of a recent government decision to tighten electricity ... <a title="Sure, no-one likes a blackout. But keeping the lights on is about to get expensive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/sure-no-one-likes-a-blackout-but-keeping-the-lights-on-is-about-to-get-expensive-145168/" aria-label="Read more about Sure, no-one likes a blackout. But keeping the lights on is about to get expensive">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In February, then Greens’ leader Richard Di Natale stepped down from the leadership after five years and announced he’d leave parliament to spend for more time with his family. On Tuesday, he delivered his valedictory speech to the senate – ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Former Greens leader Richard Di Natale on COVID, climate and his successor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/politics-with-michelle-grattan-former-greens-leader-richard-di-natale-on-covid-climate-and-his-successor-145177/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Former Greens leader Richard Di Natale on COVID, climate and his successor">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Val Colic-Peisker, Associate Professor of Sociology, RMIT University The most recent Islamophobia in Australia report shows Muslims continue to be the targets of hostility and violence. The September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 propelled them to this unenviable position. More recently, Islamic State has reinforced Western fears ... <a title="Non-Muslims who live close to Muslims are less likely to be Islamophobic, study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/non-muslims-who-live-close-to-muslims-are-less-likely-to-be-islamophobic-study-shows-144680/" aria-label="Read more about Non-Muslims who live close to Muslims are less likely to be Islamophobic, study shows">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexie Papanicolaou, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Western Sydney University With the federal government making concessions on the Job-ready Graduates Package, we are closer to it becoming law. It’s meant to take effect in 2021. We prepared a submission on behalf of the Australian Academy of Sciences’ EMCR ... <a title="Job-ready graduates changes loom as last straw for emerging researchers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/job-ready-graduates-changes-loom-as-last-straw-for-emerging-researchers-144853/" aria-label="Read more about Job-ready graduates changes loom as last straw for emerging researchers">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Beck, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced plans to introduce legislation that would allow the foreign minister to cancel agreements with foreign governments entered into by states, territories, local councils and universities if the agreement is contrary to Australia’s ... <a title="Explainer: can the federal government control the ability of states to sign deals with foreign governments?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/explainer-can-the-federal-government-control-the-ability-of-states-to-sign-deals-with-foreign-governments-145164/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: can the federal government control the ability of states to sign deals with foreign governments?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University Everyone is planning to return to the Moon. At least 10 missions by half a dozen nations are scheduled before the end of 2021, and that’s only the beginning. Even though there are international treaties governing ... <a title="Can the Moon be a person? As lunar mining looms, a change of perspective could protect Earth’s ancient companion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/27/can-the-moon-be-a-person-as-lunar-mining-looms-a-change-of-perspective-could-protect-earths-ancient-companion-144848/" aria-label="Read more about Can the Moon be a person? As lunar mining looms, a change of perspective could protect Earth’s ancient companion">Read more</a>
